Patents by Inventor Sean Murphy

Sean Murphy has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20180189713
    Abstract: Embodiments provide techniques, including systems and methods, for improving the accuracy of location information for requestor and provider devices in an dynamic transportation matching system using local communications between computing devices. For example, embodiments allow a provider computing device to identify, pair, and/or communicate with a requestor computing device upon arrival near a request location for a ride matching request. The provider computing device may use signal strength measurements associated with signals received from the requestor computing device to identify a proximity to the requestor computing device and/or to triangulate an accurate location of the requestor computing device. Additionally, the provider computing device may use a combination of the location reported by the ride matching system and the signal strength of the paired connection to identify the location of the requestor computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Taggart Matthiesen, Sergey Shlykovich, Ethan Eyler, Sebastian Brannstrom, Sean Murphy
  • Publication number: 20180186772
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the formula: which are useful as inhibitors of PHD, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, methods for treatment of conditions associated with HIF, processes for making the compounds and intermediates thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Jason W. Brown, Melinda Davis, Anthony Ivetac, Benjamin Jones, Andre A. Kiryanov, Jon Kuehler, Marion Lanier, Joanne Miura, Sean Murphy, Xiaolun Wang
  • Patent number: 9997305
    Abstract: An electronic device such as a cover for a portable device or other electronic equipment may have circuitry mounted in a housing. The housing may be formed from layers of material such as fabric and polymer layers. The circuitry of the electronic device may include components mounted on a printed circuit. The components may include movable components such as keys in a keyboard. A fabric layer may overlap the keys. Border regions of the fabric layer that surround each key may be characterized by a stiffness. To ensure that the keys or other movable components in the device exhibit satisfactory stiffness levels, the keys can be tested and selected border regions or other fabric layer portions may be laser ablated or otherwise processed to locally reduce fabric layer stiffness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Paul X. Wang, Joel N. Ruscher, Christopher T. Lebedeff, Sean Murphy, Melody Kuna
  • Patent number: 9946296
    Abstract: An accessory device for use with an electronic device is disclosed. The accessory device may include a cover configured to overlay an electronic device (or device) or fold to form a support structure for the electronic device. The cover may include an attachment feature that electrically couples with the device, and a keyboard foldable with respect to the cover. Further, the keyboard may include a retention feature designed to receive the attachment feature in a folded configuration of the cover. The accessory device may further include an electrically conductive fabric that folds with the cover. The accessory device may include an array of magnets throughout the attachment feature, the cover, and the keyboard. The magnets may be used to magnetically couple together 1) segments of the cover, 2) the cover and the keyboard assembly, 3) and/or the device with the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Gilkison Smith, Daniel J. Coster, Sean S. Corbin, Melody L. Kuna, Siddhartha Hegde, Benjamin A. Cousins, Robert Sean Murphy
  • Patent number: 9944626
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the formula: which are useful as inhibitors of PHD, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, methods for treatment of conditions associated with HIF, processes for making the compounds and intermediates thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Jason W. Brown, Melinda Davis, Anthony Ivetac, Benjamin Jones, Andre A. Kiryanov, Jon Kuehler, Marion Lanier, Joanne Miura, Sean Murphy, Xiaolun Wang
  • Patent number: 9946295
    Abstract: An accessory device for use with an electronic device is disclosed. The accessory device may include a cover configured to overlay an electronic device (or device) or fold to form a support structure for the electronic device. The cover may include an attachment feature that electrically couples with the device, and a keyboard foldable with respect to the cover. Further, the keyboard may include a retention feature designed to receive the attachment feature in a folded configuration of the cover. The accessory device may further include an electrically conductive fabric that folds with the cover. The accessory device may include an array of magnets throughout the attachment feature, the cover, and the keyboard. The magnets may be used to magnetically couple together 1) segments of the cover, 2) the cover and the keyboard assembly, 3) and/or the device with the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Gilkison Smith, Daniel J. Coster, Sean S. Corbin, Melody L. Kuna, Siddhartha Hegde, Benjamin A. Cousins, Robert Sean Murphy
  • Publication number: 20170360074
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to consumable electrolyte compositions, and more specifically to such compositions that contain high concentrations of potassium for alleviation of muscle cramping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Krampade, LLC
    Inventors: Cameron MURPHY, Eric J. MURPHY, Sean MURPHY
  • Patent number: 9785185
    Abstract: Examples of computing devices including a processor, memory, and a display device housed within the same enclosure are described. In examples, the display device, which may include a cover glass, may be attached to the enclosure using a multilayer adhesive member, the multilayer adhesive including a first adhesive layer and a second adhesive layer disposed on opposite sides of a foam layer. The first and/or second adhesive layers may include two or more layers of a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA), which may be separated using one or more adhesive carrier films. In examples, the first and/or second adhesive layers may include a low tack (e.g. removable) PSA for adhering to surfaces of the display and enclosure and for facilitation removal and re-workability of the adhesive joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Alan Rundle, David Phillip Tarkington, Michelle Goldberg, Matthew Casebolt, Robert Sean Murphy, James R. Krogdahl
  • Patent number: 9781846
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for assembling an electronic device and components thereof are provided. The electronic device may include a housing and a cover inserted into an opening in the housing. The electronic device may also include a first assembly that may be inserted into the housing through a first end, and a second assembly that may be inserted into the housing through a second end. The electronic device may also include end cap assemblies. In some embodiments, the electronic device may include an input mechanism coupled to the housing and a plate coupled to the housing. In some embodiments, a connector of the electronic device may be mounted on a circuit board by inserting a fixture into the connector, mounting the connector to a portion of the circuit board, removing the fixture from the connector, and separating the portion of the circuit board from another portion of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Emery Sanford, Stephen Brian Lynch, Anthony Sagala Montevirgen, Fletcher Rothkopf, Mathias Schmidt, Hamid Mohammadinia, R. Sean Murphy
  • Publication number: 20170275271
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the formula: which are useful as inhibitors of PHD, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, methods for treatment of conditions associated with HIF, processes for making the compounds and intermediates thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Jason W. Brown, Melinda Davis, Anthony Ivetac, Benjamin Jones, Andre A. Kiryanov, Jon Kuehler, Marion Lanier, Joanne Miura, Sean Murphy, Xiaolun Wang
  • Publication number: 20170238901
    Abstract: An ultrasound system includes a display, an actuator, a user interface, and a processing circuit. The actuator is configured to control at least one of a position or an orientation of the display. The user interface is configured to receive a user input. The processing circuit is configured to cause the actuator to adjust the at least one of the position or orientation of the display based on the user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Henderson, Sean Murphy
  • Publication number: 20170215845
    Abstract: A method for displaying status information related to a portable device includes detecting a portion of a user in a detection zone using a proximity sensor, determining, using a control circuit, that the portable device is in a powered off or power saving state, acquiring, using the control circuit, information about the portable device while the portable device remains in the powered off or power saving state, and displaying, using a system status indicator controlled by the control circuit, a representation of the information about the portable device. The detection zone is defined in relation to a handle of the portable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Henderson, Sean Murphy
  • Patent number: 9708296
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the formula: which are useful as inhibitors of PHD, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, methods for treatment of conditions associated with HIF, processes for making the compounds and intermediates thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Jason W. Brown, Melinda Davis, Anthony Ivetac, Benjamin Jones, Andre A. Kiryanov, Jon Kuehler, Marion Lanier, Joanne Miura, Sean Murphy, Xiaolun Wang
  • Patent number: 9658331
    Abstract: Ultrasound data is acquired by a synthetic aperture technique which uses multiple ultrasound transmissions from point sources. RF data is stored and processed. Doppler velocities for pixels in an insonified region are obtained by processing the stored data. One or more pan boxes may be provided. Doppler velocities may be determined by obtaining I and Q images for a plurality of frames and performing autocorrelation across the frames for some or all pixels in the frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Carestream Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Bhaskar Ramamurthy, Sean Murphy
  • Patent number: 9629606
    Abstract: A method for displaying status information related to a portable device includes detecting a portion of a user in a detection zone using a proximity sensor, determining, using a control circuit, that the portable device is in a powered off or power saving state, acquiring, using the control circuit, information about the portable device while the portable device remains in the powered off or power saving state, and displaying, using a system status indicator controlled by the control circuit, a representation of the information about the portable device. The detection zone is defined in relation to a handle of the portable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Henderson, Sean Murphy
  • Publication number: 20170103518
    Abstract: A medical image processing apparatus comprises a memory configured to store medical image data representative of a tissue structure and a processing circuitry configured to operationally connect to the memory, extract regions from the medical image data by performing threshold processing of the medical image data using each of a plurality of threshold values, select regions meeting at least one predetermined condition from among the extracted regions, and determine a region representative of the tissue structure in the medical image data based on the selected regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sean MURPHY, Keith Goatman, Ian Poole
  • Patent number: D798289
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Henderson, Sean Murphy
  • Patent number: D798290
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Henderson, Sean Murphy
  • Patent number: D798291
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Henderson, Sean Murphy
  • Patent number: D806517
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Otto LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Kessler, Robert Sean Murphy, Jordan Fountain, Joshua Funamura